…and adding function to art can make it more compelling. For example, Swarovski brought a group of designers to Milan to show off artistic uses of their crystal in high-tech chandeliers.

Some of the results are pretty impressive, even if a few of them look like K-Mart X-mas light train wrecks. One design uses an addressible array of lights within the chandelier to display text messages from party-goers’ phones.

Be sure to check out the high-res versions of the chandelier images on the Swarovski site; the real artistry is in the details.

Would the corner Blockbuster send me this email? I think not.

(Letter attached in the extended entry.)

This isn’t the first time Netflix has updated my queue to reflect new (or re-released) versions of movies I looked for in the past. Very cool stuff.
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Most of that hype is just hot air. Here’s more political ammo for you, Jaime.